Purpose

A rhythmic knocking sounded on the door. Fu Tianli, who was flipping through documents, checked his desk to make sure there were no confidential files before speaking:

"Come in."

The office door was pushed open, and Xiao Zhang, who was on duty, walked in with a report in his hand.

"Team leader, news from Dongguo."

"Oh, the progress of Experiment Group One?" Fu Tianli immediately perked up and reached out to take the report, but Xiao Zhang shook his head and said:

"Yes, but mainly information about Kamen Rider from the Eastern Country."

"Eastern Kamen Rider? Has the base been discovered?" Fu Tianli frowned, flipped through the report, his expression slightly taken aback, and said with a frown:

"Another Kamen Rider group?"

"That's right. According to the information our people gathered, a large-scale Weird Tale battle took place in Higashitenuma Town, Chiba Dongtian Zhaozhou Town last Tuesday, involving more than thirty Weird Tale."

"They are fighting two Kamen Rider, one of whom is the female Kamen Rider 'Yoki' who has appeared many times recently, and the other is 'Evil Rider' who once saved the Kamen Rider of the East Country."

"The outcome of the battle is unknown, but there were eyewitness reports of Kamen Rider Evil Rider riding a motorcycle through the streets and alleys afterward."

"Afterwards, Kamen Rider began to appear in the areas where the Evil Rider passed through. Most of them were comparable in Combat Power to the regular Kamen Riders of the East and had no special characteristics. However, two Kamen Rider underwent a special transformation and called themselves 'Gu Rider' and 'Poison Rider'."

Listening to Xiao Zhang's report, Fu Tianli narrowed his eyes as he looked at the descriptions of the Kamen Rider' Combat Power in the report:

"The Gu Rider have cultivated Internal Force?"

"That's right. Actually, we discovered his Internal Force first, and then we realized that he was actually Gu Rider. It's worth mentioning that the Gu Rider is a native of the Eastern Kingdom, without any Yan Kingdom blood, and has never been to the Yan Kingdom. His parents are also ordinary people, and the Internal Force he cultivates has not been included in the 'Martial Codex'."

"Our people are investigating using Internal Force as Benchmark, and have already discovered several featureless Kamen Rider, all of whom appeared after the Evil Rider incident."

Xiao Zhang quickly pointed out the crux of the problem, Fu Tianli nodded, pointing his index finger to the very beginning of the report, his tone slightly subtle as he said:

"The location where the Evil Rider, demon riders, and Weird Tale fought... was it Dongtian Zhaozhou Town in Chiba Prefecture?"

Hearing the team leader emphasize the address, Xiao Zhang felt a strange sense of familiarity with the Dongtian Zhaozhou Town. After a moment's thought, he suddenly slapped his fist—

"Isn't this the address from the phone call Xiao Chen received before? Team leader, you mean...?"

"That's right. I think this Evil Rider, or rather this series of Kamen Rider with Internal Force, is very likely related to 'Mo Ju'. Or perhaps Mo Ju created Kamen Rider- like Magical Item through some kind of Weird Tale method, since he has the ability to create Magical Item."

Fu Tianli finger, the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Finally, he slammed his hand on the table and said directly:

"Let our undercover agents try... never mind, let Xiao Chen sound him out first. No need to keep us in suspense, just ask directly. Remember, we don't need his technology. Kamen Rider is only meaningful if we can produce it ourselves."

"Clear!"

Meanwhile, Feng Xue, who had traveled from Chiba Prefecture, circling Tokyo Bay all the way to Kanagawa, was experiencing the effects of her newly activated Gu Poison Body and let out a helpless sigh.

"Tsk, another grunt unit. Judging by his chuunibyou (delusional) look, I thought we'd get a dedicated Rider this time! These days, even Chuunibyou can be faked?"

In the past few days, besides running freely across the land of the Eastern Kingdom, he has also been constantly spreading the seeds of the Gu Poison Body.

However, he did not create Stand users, but Kamen Rider. The main reason was that he found that the Stand user setting of "ordinary people cannot see Stands" was too disadvantageous for the Supernatural Tale Transmission. Unless everyone in the East country had a Stand user, it would be difficult for the story to really spread.

In contrast, the version of Kamen Rider Rinka, which uses Gu Poison Body as a driving force and transforms using Transformation Belt, is much easier to spread.

The only problem is that the Kamen Rider System based on the Gu Poison Body has very high requirements for "self-observation" ability, that is, "production ability for specific [consciousness]". To put it simply, the more chuunibyou (delusional) one is, the more one can bring the Kamen Rider System given by Feng Xue to its extreme.

Conversely, if the level of "chuunibyou" (adolescent delusions of grandeur) isn't high enough, it will become a monotonous shape, looking like mass-produced grunts with mediocre Combat Power.

Most of the Kamen Rider produced along the way are mass-produced like this, and many of them have been captured by the Weird Tale Organization or the Eastern Country Resistance Organization.

Feng Xue didn't pay much attention to this. His criteria for issuing Kamen Rider System were that the person was being attacked by Weird Tale or was on the verge of death due to some accident. Feng Xue was simply giving them a chance to change their fate.

But if he can't handle it, he won't continue to provide assistance.

As for the Rider System being researched by the Hundred Tales or the resistance organizations in the Eastern Kingdom, that's irrelevant. Unlike the improved version of the system given to the resistance organizations, the Kamen Rider System that Feng Xue released in large quantities are essentially just hardware. The Gu Poison Body is the software of these Transformation Belt. Without the Gu Poison Body, even if you get the Transformation Belt, you can't use it.

The reason he created so many Kamen Rider System was, of course, incredibly simple—

It's adding insult to injury for the Hundred Tales.

After observing for these days, he discovered that the Eastern Kingdom is currently in a very interesting phase. The half-finished Kamen Rider of the resistance organization and the Weird Tale organization have reached a delicate balance. Although both sides are attacking each other, they are also subtly forming a balance of mutual understanding.

Even though Weird Tale keep dying in the process, as the battle continues, the understanding of Weird Tale is also changing. Feng Xue doesn't know if this change is intentionally guided by Hundred Tales, but he vaguely realizes that Hundred Tales seems to be planning to make something out of the "Enemy and Ally Share the Same Origin" characteristic of Kamen Rider.

However, this makes him, the "The First Kamen Rider," stand out.

He had been wondering what terrible thing had happened to Hundred Tales during such a turbulent time that would warrant using its once-a-year Killer Weapon to pull him out of the mire. Even if it was just to make an example of him, this was going too far.

However, if we consider it from this perspective, then one's own existence becomes a target that the Hundred Tales must target.

It turns out that instant-death guns and such are completely unimportant. What's truly important is Kamen Rider himself—or rather, the [Kamen Rider System], this Companion Phantom!